Higher than the question of our duration is the question of our deserving. Immortality will come to such as are fit for it, and he would be a great soul in future must be a great soul now.

Every stoic was a stoic; but in Christendom where is the Christian?

Always scorn appearances and you always may.

Our prayers are prophets.

Nothing in nature is exhausted in its first use...In God, every end is converted into a new means.

Commonsense is the wick of the candle.

When you have worn out yourshoes, the strength of the shoe leather has passed into the fiber ofyour body. I measure your health by the number of shoes and hats andclothes you have worn out.